Necktie rack



May 13, 1941. L. R. scHlLLxNG NECKTIE RACK FiledrMarCh 22 E l l N Patented May 13, 1941 UN ITED il titi? 6 Claims.

This invention relates to racks for wearing apparel and particularly to an improved rack for supporting neckties, scarfs and the like, an object being to provide a construction wherein a large number of ties may be supported in a desired order and with most of the tie structure suspended so as to hang vertically.

Another object of the invention is to provide a necktie rack wherein all the ties on the rack are locked in position but arranged so that any one tie may be quickly and easily removed without disturbing the remaining ties.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a necktie rack having a plurality of substantially horizontally extending supporting members arranged in a stepped formation so that the ties on the respective supporting members will hang in parallel vertical planes and substantially out of contact with one another.

An additional object is to provide a tie rack having a plurality of tie supporting members arranged to swing around a given point with the structure so formed that the lowermost supporting members may be swung independently while the succeeding upper members when swung will move the lower tie supports therewith.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a side view of a necktie rack disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the same being shown applied to a vertical or other support;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 with the supporting wall illustrated in section;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through Fig. l approximately on the line 3--3;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View through Fig. l approximately on the line 4 4;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through Fig. 4 substantially on the line 5 5;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the angle plates shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive;

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the pivoted end of one of the supporting members shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying rawing by numerals, I indicates a wall or other suitable support, as for instance a door or a door jamb and to this support is secured a supporting plate 2 by any suitable means, as for instance the respective screws 3. The plate 2 has the side edges turned in, as indicated by the numerals 4 and 5, whereby facing grooves or guideways are presented. A slide plate i3 is slidingly mounted in these guideways and carries a number of plates 'I mounted at right angles thereon. This slide plate with the angle plates provides a bracket structure for supporting the respective supporting members S, 3 and I0. Each of the center angle plates l is constructed substantially as shown in Fig. 6, namely, with rabbets or notches Il? and I2 for accommodating the turned-in edges ii and 5 and protuberances i3 and I4 extending through suitable apertures in plate 6, whereby they may be riveted or upset as indicated by the numeral I5 in Fig. 5. If desired, the respective plates 'II could be Welded in place, though ordinarily this is not necessary. The end plates 'I' are preferably bent from the respective ends of the slide plate 6. The lower end plate 'I' is notched to permit plate to slide in the guideway but the top end plate I is not notched whereby it rests on top of the respective turnedin edges 4 and 5. Each plate 7 and 'I' is provided with raised portions I, I '1, I8 and I9 and depressed portions 2Q, 2I, 22 and 23. This arrangement provides on the upper and lower surfaces of each plate, a guideway for receiving one of the extensions 2d of one of the supporting bars. The extension 24 of the supporting member 8 is arranged at about a forty-five degree angle from the general direction of the bar 8 While the extension 24 of the supporting member 9 is in alignment and the extension 2d of the supporting member I9 is forty-ve degrees from the body of member Ill and approximately ninety degrees from the extension 2t of bar 8. The respective raised portions and depressed portions shown in Fig. 6 are arranged so that the passageways will normally hold the respective members 8, 9 and Iil in their stepped formation as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extension 24 of bar 9 is adapted to rest'on top of the depressions 22 and 2| and be normally held against shifting by the various raised portions I5, Il, I3 and I 9. It will be noted that there is provided an aperture 25 in each plate 'I and 'i' and a pintle 26 extends through all these apertures and also through the various apertures 21 formed in the various extensions 24, whereby the members 8, 9 and I0 are swingably mounted on pintle 26. Springs 2B, 29 and 30 are used, as shown in Fig. l, to normally hold the extensions 24 in the respective passageways in the plates 1 and i. By giving any of the members 8, 9 and Iii a pull in a swinging direction, the action of the spring will be overcome and the various members 8 to Iii inclusive are permitted to swing to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.

2, or even to a position further to the left as shown in said iigure.

Each of the supporting members 8 to i9, inclusive, is provided with a pair of bars 3l and 32, substantially rectangular in cross section and formed preferably of somewhat resilient metal. The outer ends of these bars merge together and form an elongated loop 33 which is upwardly inclined as shown in Fig. 1, whereby none of the neckties will accidentally move off any of the supporting members.

When it is desired to place a necktie on any of the supporting members, the necktie is folded substantially centrally and the folded end 3G, as shown in Fig. 1, is passed through the loop 33 and pulled downwardly the desired distance. The necktie is then slid over into the desired position on the bar and left in that place.

As indicated in Fig. 3, both ends of the necktie extend in front of the lower bar 32 so that if there'is any downward pull on the necktie, it will have a tendency to cause the bars to pinch the same and thereby resist removal.

The neckties may be slid longitudinally of the respective bars freely and when it is desired to remove a necktie the same is grasped at the point 35 which is the part of the necktie passing over the upper bar 3l. When the necktie is grasped at this point'it may be pulled upwardly easily and quickly removed from the supporting member. The same action is carried out for all of the neckties on all of the supporting members. j

' When it is desired to replace the necktie it is folded as above described and inserted into one of the loops 33 and then slid to the left as shown in Fig. 1.

From Fig. 3 particularly itV will be observed vthat the respective bars 8 to Il! inclusive are in stepped formation so that all the neckties may hang substantially vertically and in parallel relation. V'This permits a View of al1 the neckties so that any desired necktie may be removed whenever the owner wish-es.

When the expression necktie is used in this specification it is understood to include an ordinary conventional four-in-hand necktie, a scarf, or any other article which may be suitable for hanging on a supporting rack.

VAn angle plate 36 is provided with an aperture near one end through which the pintle 26 extends. vide a right-angle abutment 31. As shown in Fig. 1, the abutment 31 extends in front of the lowermost extension 2li of the supporting member 8 and in back of the uppermost extension 24 of thesupporting member 9. A similar plate 36 is provided between the supporting members 9 and Il). By this arrangement whenever the supporting member 8 is swung from the position shown vin Fig. 2 to the dotted line position, all the supporting members will be swung simultaneously and thereby none of the ties will be individually aifected and there will be no disorder or mixing of the neckties. However, if the lowermost supporting member il) is swung toward the dotted position in Fig. 2 it Will swing alone. If the supporting member 9 is swung to one side it will move with it the lowermost subporting member Il). In this way, all the neck- F ties are kept in proper order and held so to be readily displayed to View at all times. Also the neckties cannot become easily dislocated or dislodged though they may be easily removed and replaced regardless of the respective posi- The opposite end is bent down to protions of the respective supporting members. While rectangular steel bars are preferable for the supporting members, it will be readily understood that they could be round, hexagonal, or other shape, and also of other material, as, for instance, wood, rubber, or Bakelite.

I claim:

1. A necltie rack including a plurality of tiesupporting members arranged in a stepped formation so that ties on the respective supporting members will hang in substantially vertical planes with the ties on one supporting member offset horizontally from the ties on the remaining supporting members, each supporting member being formed of two parallel bars merging together at one end and at -that end forming a loop slightly upwardly inclined.

2. A necktie rack including a plurality of tiesupporting members arranged in a stepped formation so that the ties on the highest member will hang in a substantially vertical plane, the ties on the next lower member will hang in a substantially vertical plane spaced slightly from but parallel to the first-mentioned plane and so on for the remaining supporting members, and means for swingably mounting each of said supporting members at one end so that said members may swing in substantially horizontal planes, each supporting member being formed from a pair of slightly resilient bars substantially rectangular in cross-section and merging together at one end, said one end being formed as an elongated loop for receiving neckties being threaded on the supporting member.

3. A necktie rack including a plurality of hori- Zontally extending necktie supporting members, each member being formed with a pair of parallel bars merging together at one end and forming a loop, each of said members at the opposite end having a pair of vertically spaced extensions, some of said extensions extending substantially axially of the members and some at an angle thereto, all of said extensions having an aperture near the outer end thereof, said extensions being arranged so that said `apertures are in alignment, a pintle extending through all of said apertures, a bracket having a plurality of right angle plates, said plates having a centrally positioned aperture throughA which said pintle extends, and abutments between which said extensions normally fit, a spring surrounding said pintle for each of said supporting members and functioning to hold said extension normally between certain abutments, said abutments being arranged so that said supporting member will normally be held in a stepped formation with the respective supporting members arranged in spaced parallel vertical planes, said springs yielding when said supporting members are swung from their normal position.

4. A necktie rack as set forth in claim 3 characterized by the provision of an angle plate arranged between each pair of supporting members, each of said plates having an aperture at one end through which said pintle extends and a bent-down right angle extension `at the other endl extending in front of one of the extensions of one supporting member and in back of an extension of the next adjacent supporting member so that when an upper support is swung from normal position all the supports therebeneath will also be swung from normal positions.

5. A necktie rack including a support adapted to be affixed to an object, said support having inturned edges to form facing guideways, a slidable plate sldably mounted in said guideways, a plurality of right-angle plates secured at their respective ends to said slide plate and positioned to extend at right angles to the face of the slide plate, said right-angle plates having aligned apertures and means forming guideways, the guide- Way in the lower surface of the uppermost rightangle plate being in vertical alignment with the guideway in the upper surface of the second uppermost right-angle plate, the remaining rightangle plates being made in the same way but with the facing guideways between the respective plates at angles to each other, a pintle extending through the aperture in all of said righ*- angle plates, a plurality of vertically spaced horizontally extending supporting bars, each supporting bar having a pair of extensions, the extensions of the respective supporting bars being at angles to each other so as to hold the respective supporting bars in stepped formations, the respective extensions fitting respectively into .the respective pairs of facing guideways on said angle plates to normally hold said supporting bars in said stepped formations.

6. A necktie rack including a Wall plate having inturned side edges forming facing guideways, a rectangular plate slidingly mounted in said guideways, a plurality of lapertured plates upstanding from lsaid rectangular plate, a vertically positioned pintle extending through the apertures in all of said plates, a plurality of horizontally extending necktie supporting members mounted on said pintle so as to swing in horizontal planes, and means -coacting with said apertured plates for normally holding said supporting members normally in a stepped formation.

LOUIS PJ. SCHILLING. 

